Agriculture: in Estonia, Romania strong increase in output
In 2017 large decreases in Slovenia, stable in Croatia, Slovakia
17 November, 11:31Among the countries that recorded the highest increases in the agricultural production in relative terms were Estonia (+18.2%), Romania (+13.2%) and Poland (+11.1%). The total agricultural output in the European Union increased by 6.2% in 2017, compared to 2016.
In contrast, Eurostat noted, the value of agricultural output decreased in Slovenia by 4.7% in 2017, the strongest decrease together with Malta (-3.1%). The production remained stable in Croatia and Slovakia. Poland, with 24.9 billion euro (6% of the EU total) and Romania (17.5 billion euro, or 4% of the total) were among the EU countries with the highest agricultural output in 2017. With 72.6 billion euros, 17% of the EU total, France had the highest agricultural production among EU Member States. Data from Eurostat show that the agricultural production increased in 2017 also in Lithuania (+10.8%), Latvia (+8.1%), Bulgaria (+5.2%) and Greece (+5.0%). (ANSA).